The NDP’s media breakthrough
This is a good lesson for communication strategists trying to garner media attention for a client: if you want to make news, either pick a fight or raise lots of money.
The EV revolution: baby steps and tinkering won’t get us to the podium
Until Elon Musk presents Donald Trump with an all-electric, gilt-coloured Trumpmobile, our auto sector remains at the mercy of a grumpy old man’s prejudices and his fondness for supportive oil billionaires.
‘Dangerous’ Bill C-12’s immigration changes give too much power to cabinet and department: Sen. McPhedran and legal rights groups
The bill’s proposal for a new timeline for refugee applications that would be in effect starting in 2020—more than five years prior to the bill even being passed—and the power to cancel large numbers of immigration documents at once are causing concerns.
He ‘was like the Hollywood casting version of the crusty news editor with a heart of gold’: friends, colleagues, former j-school students remember Elly Alboim
Elly Alboim’s career included time at the CBC, Earnscliffe Strategies, and Carleton University’s School of Journalism, in addition to once being a senior adviser to then-Liberal prime minister Paul Martin. Alboim died on Feb. 8 at the age of 78.
‘Everyone should feel the hit’: ministerial offices and PMO should be cut, too, say some leading public policy experts
Prior to the 1980s, federal cabinet ministers made do with a handful of staff, but that has jumped to between 15 and 25 exempt staffers over the last 40 years, says professor Donald Savoie.
SecState Fuhr to talk about Canada’s new era in defence investment on Monday, Feb. 23, in Montreal
MONDAY, FEB. 23 Black History Month—It’s Black History Month, and the Government of Canada is calling this year’s theme, ’30 Years of Black History Month: Honouring Black Brilliance Across Generations—From Nation Builders to Tomorrow’s Visionaries.’ House Schedule—The House of Commons is scheduled to sit for 117 days this year. Here’s the schedule for 2026: it […]
Pierre Poilievre is in a pickle: he’s a weak leader with a strong mandate
The Conservatives now have a leader who is apparently afraid of his caucus, and a caucus that is apparently unafraid of its leader.
A snap election still possible, despite potential Liberal byelection wins and more rumoured floor-crossings, say some pollsters
But it’s far less risky to get a majority through floor-crossings than through a snap election, says Ipsos Public Affairs CEO Darrell Bricker.
Questions loom over NDP’s voter verification process as leadership contest enters final stretch
Democracy Watch’s Duff Conacher says the gaps in voter identification could allow for foreign interference in the NDP leadership race, but the party says it has ‘established safeguards’ in place to protect the vote.
NDP leadership candidate Ashton attacks Lewis on provincial relationships, energy projects in final debate
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis said the party is ‘allowed to have differences on specific issues,’ and facing criticism from Rob Ashton, warned they should avoid ‘doing our opponent’s work.’
